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word-cwide

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
word-cwide, es; m.
a saying, words
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  • Fyl nú frurnsprǽce, wlitiga ðínne wordcwyde (what thou hast said; ðíne wordcwidas,

    • Exon. Th. 188, 9
      • ;
    • Az. 43
    ),

    • Cd. Th. 236, 26
      • ;
    • Dan. 327.

  • Ne lengde leóda aldor wítegena wordcwyde,

    • 256, 27
      • ;
    • Dan. 647.

  • Ðý ðíne wordcwidas weorðan gefelde (ut jitstificeris in sermonibus tuis), ðæt ðú ne wilnast weora ǽniges deáð, ac ðú synfulle simle lǽrdes ðæt. . . .

      Ps. C. 53.

  • Ðé ða wordcwydas Drihten on sefan sende . . . Ðú eart on móde fród, wís wordcwida.

    • Beo. Th. 3686-3694
      • ;
    • B. 1841-1845.

  • Gif hé his word-cwida wealdan meahte

    if he could talk,

    • Exon. Th. 171, 25
      • ;
    • Gú. 1132.

  • Wís on wordcwidum,

    • 294, ii
      • ;
    • Crä. 31
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1104
      • ;
    • An. 552.

  • Wuldorcyninges word hleóðrode. . . . Æfter wordcwidum wuldor-cyninges

    after the words,

    • 2892
      • ;
    • An. 1449
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 5499
      • ;
    • B. 2753.

  • Uncre wordcwidas

    what we said to one another.

    • Exon. Th. 472, 16
      • ;
    • Rä. 61, 17.

  • Cleopaþ se alda, wriceþ wordcwedas.

    • Cd. Th. 267, 8
      • ;
    • Sat. 35.
speech, language
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  • On ðam (Daniel) Drihtenweard wisse sidne geþanc and wísne wordewide,

    • Cd. Th. 249, 28
      • ;
    • Dan. 537.

  • Sum mæg searolíce wordcwide wrítan

    one is a clear writer,

    • Exon. Th. 42, 15
      • ;
    • Cri. 673.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. word-quidi a saying, a speach.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “word-cwide.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/36467.

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  • word-cwide, n.

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